Chapter 42: The Poppy
Visiting the Royal Garden and encountering cotton, Yuwen Wen continued to 'hunt for treasure' with great interest, many common plants in later generations are still strange flowers in the Western Regions in this era, so he wants to take a look again, so as to hit the luck, especially looking forward to a 'long-lost reunion' with chili peppers.
But that's impossible, chili peppers are native to the Americas, and before the Age of Discovery, chili peppers could not appear in the Central Plains, even if there was anything in the Western Regions.
There are a lot of flowers and plants in the imperial garden, Yuwen Wen walked around and saw a lot of unknown plants and trees, but he didn't see the 'familiar' things, so he was interested, and he was not interested in purely ornamental flowers and trees.
The multi-riveting steamed steel Jin Ge iron horse is a man's romance!
Take a walk in the imperial garden, see the red, green and green, smell the fragrance of plants and flowers, it is refreshing, Yuwen Wen brewed emotions, and was ready to continue to tell stories to scare children for a while.
He was also 'young' and knew that this kind of story that wasn't too scary was very appealing, and most people were scared and wanted to hear it, so as long as the storyteller could make the plot without any flaws, it would be a big hit.
While walking, after a piece of purple and red, Yu Wenwen attracted this purple red flower to stop and watch, some of these flowers he is familiar with, because they have been planted in later generations, and the name is quite meaningful, named "Poppy Beauty".
The petals are dark red, with a silk texture, black spots at the base, and the body is covered with bristles, at this time, these poppies, some of the flowers have withered, growing small fruits, he thought carefully, poppies generally bloom in spring, these flowers still have sporadic blooms but not fruitful, I think the flowering season has been delayed.
"Envoy, this flower is called Lichun Flower, also known as Poppy." The chamberlain explained, and Yuwen Wen's heart moved when he heard this, and he decided to give the enthusiastic eunuch a chance to perform.
"Poppies? This name is good, could it be related to the poppy beauty of the overlord of Chu? ”
"Exactly, according to legend, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, when the army was defeated in Wujiang, his beloved Yu Ji beauty sang and danced for it, and then drew a sword to kill himself, and the place where Yu Ji was buried later grew flowers, bright as blood, swaying with the wind, dancing like a beauty, so it is called Yu Beauty."
It's a pity that the poppy is not produced in the Central Plains, it is a thing from the Western Regions, and it is thought that it also entered the Central Plains along the Silk Road. Yu Wenwen thought.
He didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded and said, "I see", this eunuch is more enthusiastic, and he will not be uninteresting, with a straight face to show that he is not at odds with the "eunuch".
My housekeeper Li Sanjiu is also a serious eunuch, but he doesn't have the slightest intention of discrimination!
Yu Wenwen stopped for a moment and then moved forward, but after a few steps, he suddenly stopped, because he felt that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't say where something was wrong, and he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so he just touched his chin, and then continued to move forward.
Back in the pavilion, Yuwen Qiankeng had been waiting for a long time, seeing Yuwen Wen coming, he couldn't wait to listen to the "next decomposition", Yuwen Wen took out the folding fan in a chic manner, opened the fan with a snap, and continued to "tell the story" with the folding fan.
He is talking about the improved version of the classic movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", the heroine is still Xiao Qian, and the male protagonist has become An Lu Xu Shao, of course, the plot has also been greatly reduced, and the content that is not suitable for children has been reduced as much as possible.
The content of the improved version is about Xu Shao meeting Xiao Qian who came to 'forage' in the broken temple, Xiao Qian was moved by Xu Shao's righteousness and intended to give up, but he punished the old demon of Montenegro who was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Xu Shao struggled to save Xiaoqian and escaped together, and was later rescued by the strange Yan Chixia, and after a fight, Yan Chixia killed the old demon of Montenegro, and then found a good family for Xiaoqian to reincarnate.
Taking the unmarried Xu Shao as the protagonist of the story, Yuwenwen had a little conscience, and didn't let him and Xiaoqian "fall in love at first sight and make a private decision for life", but it belongs to the young man's style of pulling out a knife to help each other when he sees injustice, and there is a strange person Yan Chixia to help, so the story has a happy ending.
"What a way, very good, what a Yan Chixia!" Yuwen Qiankeng applauded, Yan Chixia in the story is jealous and hateful, although she is a bearded man, her heart is like hair, Xu Shao and Xiaoqian are in danger every time, Yan Chixia uses her magic power to resolve them one by one.
Carrying a long sword, seeing the demons and monsters raging, he played a sword flower and immediately recited words in his mouth, and the long sword turned into thousands of light swords, and killed all the demons in the fairy sword array, what a master who killed demons and demons.
The story compiled by Yuwen Wen deliberately strengthened Yan Chixia's sense of existence, deliberately let her dominate, and downplayed the 'role' of the actor Xu Shao, mainly highlighting Xu Shao's 'hot-blooded' and 'uneven road and pulling out a knife to help' but still the characteristics of mortals.
After all, Xu Shao is a living person, and he will have to live in the future, in case it is arranged too much, making people feel that he is 'no longer human', once the content of the story leaks out, and Xu Langjun's reputation is ruined, Xu Zhijun really wants to come to the door to complain.
"This matter is a rumor, it should not be taken seriously, Your Majesty should only be used as a pastime." Yu Wenwen did not forget to emphasize that he wanted Xu Shao to leave a good impression in the heart of the Son of Heaven, but not too absurd.
"Don't worry, Duke Xiyang, I know the measure." Yuwen Qiankang said with a smile, the story that Yuwen Wen said was exciting, and even he had a good impression of Xu Shao, who was so anxious and righteous, would be a pillar of the imperial court.
There is also the "lonely minister" Yang Ji, although it is just a dream, Yuwen Qiankeng was deeply impressed by his dream in Liaodong, fighting the fire for the moths of the Ming Kingdom, and Bo Zhengtong, the master who had a lot of adventures, also made him remember it.
He has also seen the list of court officials, the history of a certain state, a certain general, and a certain county guard, which look boring, few remember the name, and few even have an impression of the governor.
But in the story told by Yu Wenwen, Sima Yangji, Don't Drive Xu Shao, and Bo Zhengtong of Bazhou gave him the impression that it was lifelike, and when he mentioned the name, he remembered the corresponding story, where could he forget it.
Listening to the adventures, he really wanted to grow wings and fly to the legendary land south of the Yangtze River with lakes, mountains and miasma, to play in the mountains and rivers, and to sail on the river, and start adventures again and again.
"Your Majesty." Yuwen Wen opened his mouth and said, pulling Yuwen Qiankeng back to reality from his thoughts outside the world, "Wechen is just in the garden, and I am fortunate to see the style of white stacked flowers, this thing has not been seen in Shannan, Wechen wants to bring some seeds back to cultivate, and also let the prince of Qi Guo and the prince see and understand." ”
"Isn't there such a white stack of flowers in Shannan? Then take it back. "Yuwen Qiankeng is very interested, his relatives have traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to visit, some white stacked flowers have something good to treasure, this time the envoys are back to Shannan, he will also send a lot of good things for the other party to bring back.
During the conversation between the monarchs and ministers, they drank cheese paddles from time to time, supplemented by pastries and fruits, and a considerable part of the fruits at this time were made into candied fruits, preserved fruits or fruit powders in addition to being eaten directly.
Most of these preserves are soaked in honey, which can prolong their eating period and make the taste more delicious.
"Xiyang Gong, can you get used to eating and drinking in Yecheng?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen has also lived in Chang'an for more than ten years, and the diet in Yecheng is similar to that of Chang'an, how can there be any reason not to get used to it? However, when I first arrived in Anzhou, Shannan, some people were not adapted. ”
"Chang'an" Yuwen Qiankeng was a little distracted when he heard this, "I also lived in Chang'an with my father back then"
Seeing that he inadvertently aroused the little emperor's longing, Yu Wenwen only blamed himself for not paying attention to what he said, he himself was a father and brother, and the other party was almost the death of the whole family, only one sister married a Turk, and I am afraid that I will never meet again in this life.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the prince of Qi and the prince are fighting in Shannan, and Weichen is also training soldiers day and night, and one day, he will be able to take revenge."
Yuwen Qiankeng let out a "hmm", and then cheered up and said: "Xiyang Gong, at the court meeting that day, I sighed for a while, forgetting what the prime minister said in advance, it was originally planned that Xiyang Gong would go back after the Double Ninth Festival, but it turned out that he was an adult. ”
"Your Majesty, it's rare for Weichen to come to Yecheng, and it doesn't hurt to stay longer." Yuwen Wen smiled, but he was extremely helpless in his heart, of course he wanted to climb up the pole and let the emperor promise to let him go back after the Double Ninth Festival, but it was too impersonal to say it at this time, except for 'confessing his heart', he couldn't say anything else.
"Xiyang Gong, Shannan is the time of intense preparations, Bazhou is near the river, opposite is Yingzhou, the important place of Chen State, Xiyang Gong is the commander of the first army, how can there be a reason to leave for a long time, I should take state affairs as the priority."
"Wechen is scared, let's talk about it later, during the Double Ninth Festival, Wechen has to accompany His Majesty and look far away."
"Hmm." Yuwen Qiankeng nodded vigorously, he was just a child, although he tried to maintain the majesty of the Son of Heaven in his gestures, he still showed childishness from time to time.
September 9 Double Ninth Festival, is an extremely important festival in this era, the people of the time believe that the double nine is the extreme of the yang number, on this day the weather drops and the earth rises, the two qi of heaven and earth intersect, and the unhealthy qi is pervasive.
In order to avoid contact with unhealthy qi, it is necessary to climb the mountain to avoid the misfortune of the heavy nine, so climbing is the most important custom activity of the Double Ninth Festival, and it is also in order to express feelings.
At this time, it is also the occasion of family reunion, the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei has a famous poem "September 9th Memories of Shandong Brothers": Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival to think of relatives, remote knowledge of the brothers ascending the heights, all over the dogwood less one person.
The little emperor's father and brother have all died, and when the 99th Double Ninth Festival ascended, it was quite pitiful to be alone, and if his relatives were around, he could relieve his mood.
When the time comes, I will have to plant dogwoods, and then I think about the south side of the mountain, and I don't know what happened to my family. Yu Wenwen sighed in his heart, he used his brain too much on weekdays, and he couldn't stop the car as soon as his brain turned, and he remembered the red dogwood fruit from the Double Ninth Festival.
He had eaten the fruit of this thing before, and he made a joke: he mistakenly ate a similar wild fruit for dogwood, and it was also non-toxic, otherwise he would have died young.
'The soul is faint, it looks so similar, and as a result, one stem is hairy, and the other stem is hairless, which is a different thing. Yu Wenwen still complained in his heart, even if it was the events of that life, he was still haunted.
Hairy and hairless, similar to having a code and no \ code, it is completely two experiences, as soon as Yu Wenwen's thinking diverged, it was like an initiation, and he opened his original ignorant doubts: the poppies he just saw, some of them have problems!
The question is hairless!!
Poppy, ornamental flower, poppy family, annual herbaceous plant, all covered with stretched bristles, the flowers are purple-red, the flowering season is in spring, in short, this flower is hairy.
Opium poppy, representative species Opium poppy, poppy genus of the family Papaver, an annual herbaceous plant glabrous or sparse, flowers purple or red, the flowering season is usually between spring and summer, generally later than the poppy, in short, this flower is glabrous.
Based on his recollection of anti-drug propaganda materials, he knew that the two plants belonged to the same family and looked almost the same at first glance, and the most direct way to distinguish them was to see if the stems were hairy or hairless, and the fruit sizes were obviously different.
What's going on? How can there be such a thing here!! (To be continued.) )